OOTOBEB 1, 1914. 



The Florists^ Review 



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BurrALO. 



OBITUARY 



The Market. 



After the hot spell, cool weather has 

 aeain sot in, and trade conditions are 

 much improved. "Weddings and funer- 

 als are the main part of the business, 

 Transi^'iit, or counter trade is increas- 

 ing st< adily as fall comes on. There is 

 j^jj a'biimiance of all kinds of cut flowers, 

 especially asters. Most of the asters 

 show : ii^ns of frost, brown 8pots~t)eing 

 visiblr on them. There are, however, 

 some of first-class quality, which bring 

 a gooil price. 



There are a few dahlias coming in, but 

 in another week the supply will greatly 

 increase. Gladioli are still with us and 

 are ii' excellent condition, especially 

 Ameriia. There is a demand for 

 chrysanthemums, but the early ones are 

 small and sofi, and do not hold up well. 

 There are no carnations, even though 

 the flower buyers are eagerly clamoring 

 for them. All roses are excellent and 

 the demand is strong. There are no 

 violets as yet, but we hope to have 

 them by October 10. Koses and valley 

 are used principally for corsages, while 

 orchids and valley are used for the finer 

 work. 



There is a big demand for flowering 

 plants, but there are no blooming plants 

 this early. Sales of Boston ferns are in 

 order, aud ferns for the table and living 

 room are selling well. 



Various Notes. 



At the greenhouses of L. H. Neubeck, 

 in Williamsville, Gladiolus America is 

 being grown. It surpasses any that has 

 been previously shown here, in beauty 

 and size of spike and flower. Some of 

 them are wonderful, measuring ten to 

 twelve inches in length of flowering 

 spike. 



The Lenox Flower Shop has an un- 

 usual display of palms and ferns in the 

 conservatory, which adjoins the main 

 salesroom. There are kentias of the 

 finest quality, ranging in height from 

 three to twelve feet. The Boston ferns 

 also are fine, being used for large dec- 

 orations as well as for sale. 



J. Benson Stafford 's window display 

 of Japanese gardens was most interest- 

 ing- It consisted exclusively of Japan- 

 ese gardens of various sizes, a large 

 one forming the central figure. A hand- 

 some Japanese screen, done in silks of 

 ^aried hues, was used as a background, 

 and an attractive red lantern gave a 

 inellow light to the window at night. 

 Japanese gardens are the latest fad 

 t»c7' r^^ *^® public is cultivating a 

 taste for things of this kind, 

 him p^ ^ates, of the Lord & Burn- 

 nn fi, .' Rochester, was a visitor here 

 on th, nj^jj^ ^^ September 23. M. Adler, 



presenting the famous Adler pins, was 

 Mr V ^^* ^®«^- James J. Bates and 

 Chion 1?'!"' °^*'^e A. L. Randall Co., 



\\r"\T^^^ *^^° recent visitors, 

 from m'^''^° ^- Armbrust has returned 

 «Pent..r';„^|i*»i°'.Conn., where she 

 summer with her parents 



T Tr p iT "° °®'' parents. 



fiasbf; "et)8tock reports that business 

 that ffi? *^° J during the summer and 

 •*'i trade is increasing steadily. 



E. C. A. 



issued f ?P ^^ Conn.— A permit has been 

 of a f r.^®*''"^® ^- Tufts for the erection 

 Oak in'^^^ greenhouse at the corner of 

 ^ i'orter streets at a cost of $200. 



Sidney Wusthoff. 



Sidney Wusthoff, one of the oldest 

 florists in New Orleans, died Wednesday 

 morning, September 16, at his late resi- 

 dence, 5616 Tchoupitoulas street. Hia 

 funeral took place Thursday afternoon, 

 September 17, with interment in Me- 

 tairie cemetery. 



Mr. Wusthoff was born in New Or- 

 leans, sixty-six years ago, going into the 

 florists' business early in life and amass- 

 ing a snug competence through strict at- 

 tention to his business. About five 

 months ago Mr. Wusthoff married Miss 

 Wilhelmina Merket and is survived by 

 her, two nieces and four nephews. 



Wilfred Brotherton. 



Wilfred A. Brotherton, of Eochester, 

 Mich., died at the Harper hospital, De- 

 troit, Sunday morning, September 20, 

 after suffering for several weeks from 

 catarrhal jaundice. Mr. Brotherton 

 spent practically all his life at Eoches- 

 ter, Mich., and his knowledge of the 

 flora of the region was scarcely exceeded 

 by anyone. He stocked the estate of 

 Henry Ford, of automobile fame, when 

 it was laid out near Wayne, and he also 

 planted the flowers and shrubbery sur- 

 rounding the Michigan building at the 

 world's fair. He was a member of the 

 Detroit Institute of Science. 



After the death of his mother two 

 years ago and the consequent division 

 of the estate, Mr. Brotherton was under 

 the practical guardianship of Attorney 

 Grant Walker, of Detroit, from whom 

 he held a life lease of the property. He 

 was 56 years old and unmarried and is 

 survived by a sister, Mrs. Carrie Debate, 

 of Eochester, and a brother, George 

 Brotherton, a mining engineer, of Es- 

 canaba, Mich. 



John Burr. 



John Burr, of Freeport, Me., died 

 Monday night, September 21, after a 

 short illness caused by a paralytic shock. 



He was born March 27, 1836, in the 

 house in which he died, and was the son 

 of Perez and Louise (Burnham) Burr. 

 He received his education in the public 

 schools of Freeport and served as se- 

 lectman of Freeport from 1871 to 1878. 

 In 1860 he started in the florists* busi- 

 ness in a small way and his trade grew 

 to large proportions. For sixteen years 

 he was in charge of the flower beds of 

 the Maine Central railroad and traveled 

 almost constantly during that period. 



Mr. Burr was a member of Freeport 

 Lodge of Masons, the royal arch-chapter 

 in Yarmouth, Mount Vernon Council of 

 Brunswick, the Maine Consistory and 

 the Order of the Mystic Shrine. He 

 also belonged to Pejepscot Lodge of Odd 

 Fellows in Brunswick and Harreseeket 

 Lodge of Pythians of Freeport. He 

 leaves a wife, Lillian Burr, a son, P. S. 

 Burr, and three daughters, Mrs. Grace 

 Sydleman, of Bath, Mrs. Lucy Holbrook, 

 of Portland, and Mrs. Abbie Pierce, of 

 Freeport. 



Frank X. Fembacli. 

 Frank X. Fernbach, for many years 

 connected with various greenhouse es- 

 tablishments of Rockford, 111., met 

 death by drowning September 17, when 

 he stumbled while crossing the railroad 

 bridge over the Eock river and fell into 

 the swollen stream below. It is thought 



he hit his head against one of the piera 

 in falling, for he only came to the sur- 

 face once, and his body has not been 

 recovered at the date of writing. 



Mr. Fernbach had at different times 

 been employed by J. J. Soper, C. H. 

 Woolsey and Ealph Emerson. He is 

 survived by his wife and seven children. 

 They are: Paul Fernbach, Hay Fern- 

 bach, Irene Fernbach, Mrs. Elmer Peter- 

 son, and Percy, Jesse and Jerome Fern- 

 bach. 



E. J. Chapln. 



E. J. Chapin, the old-time grower of 

 Pine Brook, N. J., died September 25, 

 at the age of 65. He belonged to the 

 firm of F. A. & E. J. Chapin, noted at 

 one time in the New York market for 

 their smilax and asparagus. They leased 

 their greenhouses in 1909 to P. J. Schroe- 

 der. 



AZALEAS ABE HEBE. 



The first of the shipments of azaleas 

 which The Eeview last week reported 

 were on the way arrived on the steamers 

 Andyk and Nieuw Amsterdam, which 

 reached New York September 21. Trans- 

 portation from Belgium via Eotterdam 

 is open, and there is no reason to be- 

 lieve otherwise than that the usual sup- 

 ply of Belgian plant stock will be re- 

 ceived this fall. There are even those 

 who predict that the case of this stock 

 will be the same as that of the French 

 and Dutch bulbs, and that there will be 

 a larger supply on hand this season than 

 usual. Present information, however, is 

 too meager to allow of definite state- 

 ments on this point. The most that can 

 be said is that over 400 cases of plants 

 from Belgium are already in this coun- 

 try and several hundred more are known 

 to be on the way. The consignments of 

 this stock on the Andyk and the Nieuw 

 Amsterdam were as follows: 



Consignee. Casea. 



Stumpp & Walter Co | 



Roehre, J., Co J 



Lunham & Moore Jl 



McHutchison & Co «» 



Downing, T. D., & Co 34 



American Express Co 3 



Sheldon. G. W., & Co MO 



Maltus & Ware 150 



Total 415 



BUSINESS EMBABEASSMENTS. 



Los Angeles, Cal. — According to the 

 petition in bankruptcy filed by the Los 

 Angeles Flower Market, the debts of the 

 concern are $5,559.27, of which $1,062.69 

 are unsecured. The assets are $4,505.92; 

 of this amount, $2,490.57 is due on opeh 

 book accounts. 



Kenosha, Wis. — A meeting of the 

 creditors of the United Refrigerator & 

 Ice Machine Co. was held at the fac- 

 tory oflSces September 29 to consider 

 any feasible plan which will enable the 

 company to continue in operation. This 

 concern is well known as a producer of 

 florists ' refrigerating outfits. The cause 

 of the trouble was the recent failure of 

 the Commercial Savings' Bank, which 

 left the company with liabilities of 

 $552,000, offset by $268,000 to $700,000 

 assets. The plan proposed involved 

 turning over the operation of the com- 

 pany to a creditors' committee. 



Virginia, Minn. — R. J. Koerner, of 

 Minneapolis, has opened a retail flower 

 store at 105 North Mesaba avenue. 



Kalamazoo, Mich. — Morris Fisher is 

 making preparations to open a flower 

 shop here next month under his owner- 

 ship and management. 



